Triple

T420
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Public Welfare Medal E8 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object George W. Thorn
George W. Thorn was a prominent American physician and medical researcher known for major contributions to endocrinology and internal medicine.
 E5477 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: George W. Thorn | Statement: [Public Welfare Medal, notableRecipient, George W. Thorn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: George W. Thorn
Context triple: [Public Welfare Medal, notableRecipient, George W. Thorn]
  • A. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • B. William T. Golden
    William T. Golden was an American investment banker and influential science policy advisor who played a key role in shaping post–World War II U.S. science and technology policy.
  • C. Harold Hazen
    Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
  • D. John V. L. Hogan
    John V. L. Hogan was an American radio engineer and pioneer in early radio technology and broadcasting.
  • E. John Taylor Johnston
    John Taylor Johnston was a 19th-century American businessman and arts patron who served as the first president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and played a key role in its early development.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: George W. Thorn
Triple: [Public Welfare Medal, notableRecipient, George W. Thorn]
Generated description
George W. Thorn was a prominent American physician and medical researcher known for major contributions to endocrinology and internal medicine.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: George W. Thorn
Target entity description: George W. Thorn was a prominent American physician and medical researcher known for major contributions to endocrinology and internal medicine.
  • A. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • B. William T. Golden
    William T. Golden was an American investment banker and influential science policy advisor who played a key role in shaping post–World War II U.S. science and technology policy.
  • C. Harold Hazen
    Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
  • D. John V. L. Hogan
    John V. L. Hogan was an American radio engineer and pioneer in early radio technology and broadcasting.
  • E. John Taylor Johnston
    John Taylor Johnston was a 19th-century American businessman and arts patron who served as the first president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and played a key role in its early development.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69a222a954e48190b48f126a67485661 completed Feb. 27, 2026, 11:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a22919c9988190aa35ab58627ff950 completed Feb. 27, 2026, 11:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a25528aa18819088213f16547924ca completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2569c52808190acb928405528d174 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2575b51188190b8fce6ea4e424ce1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 27, 2026, 11:04 p.m.